1、What is Velocity?
Velocity is a Java-based template engine. It permits anyone to use a simple yet powerful template language to reference objects defined in Java code.
When Velocity is used for web development, Web designers can work in parallel with Java programmers to develop web sites according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) model, meaning that web page designers can focus solely on creating a site that looks good, and programmers can focus solely on writing top-notch code. Velocity separates Java code from the web pages, making the web site more maintainable over its lifespan and providing a viable alternative to Java Server Pages (JSPs) or PHP.
Velocity's capabilities reach well beyond the realm of the web; for example, it can be used to generate SQL, PostScript and XML from templates. It can be used either as a standalone utility for generating source code and reports, or as an integrated component of other systems. For instance, Velocity provides template services forvarious web frameworks, enabling them with a view engine facilitating development of web applications according to a true MVC model.
Velocity是一个基于java的模板引擎（template engine）。它允许任何人仅仅简单的使用模板语言（template language）来引用由java代码定义的对象。
当Velocity应用于web开发时，界面设计人员可以和java程序开发人员同步开发一个遵循MVC架构的web站点，也就是说，页面设计人员可以只 关注页面的显示效果，而由java程序开发人员关注业务逻辑编码。Velocity将java代码从web页面中分离出来，这样为web站点的长期维护提 供了便利，同时也为我们在JSP和PHP之外又提供了一种可选的方案。
Velocity的能力远不止web站点开发这个领域，例如，它可以从模板（template）产生SQL和PostScript、XML，它也可以被当 作一个独立工具来产生源代码和报告，或者作为其他系统的集成组件使用。Velocity也可以为Turbine web开发架构提供模板服务（template service）。Velocity+Turbine提供一个模板服务的方式允许一个web应用以一个真正的MVC模型进行开发。